The US has become Vietnam’s largest supplier of fruits and vegetables in the first four months of the year, recording a 44% increase year-on-year in export value to $102.1 million, according to the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetable Association. Vietnam’s overall fruit and vegetable imports fell 42 percent to 376.9 million USD, but imports from several […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — A lawmaker is calling on the government to ensure food security and stable food prices amid the risk of a worldwide food price spike due to the coronavirus pandemic. Sen. Francis Pangilinan said the government should properly anticipate global trade and price movements and ensure that there would be no food-price spikes […]
Read MoreOverseas e-commerce companies Lazada and Shopee may lose their positions in Vietnam if they keep demonstrating limitations in protecting consumers from low-quality and fake goods. During the social distancing period fuelled by the ongoing pandemic, e-commerce platforms in the country recorded significant growth in the number of orders as all physical stores stood closed, and […]
Read MoreBoxing stadiums, massage parlours, spas, cinemas, convention venues and tutorial schools are among the moderate-risk category of businesses and activities expected to be allowed to reopen for the third stage of Covid-19 lockdown easing next month. However, pubs, bars and night entertainment venues will remain closed. Tanarak Plipat, the deputy director-general of the Disease Control […]
Read MoreExperts have recommended investors consider carefully before buying old apartments to ensure investment efficiency. One of the main issues is that the time it takes to rebuild an apartment building is variable, and consequently has a large impact on payback. After more than 10 years of implementing a plan to rebuild old apartment buildings in […]
Read MoreThe Myanmar government is set to regulate multi-level marketing (MLM) companies through a new legislation. U Myint Lwin, director general for Department of Consumer Affair, told this newspaper that the draft Direct Selling Law will put forward a regulatory framework for those firms. The department is responsible for the new legislation and the draft law […]
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